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Lexicon :: Strong's G2974 - kōphos

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κωφός
Transliteration
kōphos (Key)
Pronunciation
ko-fos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

κωφός kōphós, ko-fos'; from G2875; blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb):—deaf, dumb, speechless.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G2974 in the following manner: dumb (8x), deaf (5x), speechless (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G2974 in the following manner: dumb (8x), deaf (5x), speechless (1x).

  1. blunted, dull

    1. blunted (or lamed) in tongue, dumb

    2. blunted, dull in hearing

    3. deaf

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κωφός kōphós, ko-fos'; from G2875; blunted, i.e. (figuratively) of hearing (deaf) or speech (dumb):—deaf, dumb, speechless.
STRONGS G2974:
κωφός, κωφη, κωφόν (κόπτω to beat, pound), blunted, dull; properly, βέλος, Homer, Iliad 11, 390; hence
a. blunted (or lamed) in tongue; dumb: Matthew 9:32; Matthew 12:22; Matthew 15:30; Luke 1:22; Luke 11:14 (Herodotus and following; the Sept. for אִלֵּם Habakkuk 2:18).
b. blunted, dull, in hearing; deaf: Matthew 11:5; Mark 7:32, 37; Mark 9:25; Luke 7:22 (Homer h. Merc. 92; Aeschylus, Xenophon, Plato, and following; the Sept. for חֵרֵשׁ, Exodus 4:11; Isaiah 43:8; Psalm 37:14 (Ps. 38:14), etc.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
4:11
Psalms
37:14; 38:14
Isaiah
43:8
Habakkuk
2:18
Matthew
9:32; 11:5; 12:22; 15:30
Mark
7:32; 7:37; 9:25
Luke
1:22; 7:22; 11:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2974 matches the Greek κωφός (kōphos),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - And Yahweh said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - ‘You shall not curse a deaf man nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God; I am Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:13 -

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;

And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 -

They have venom like the venom of a serpent;

Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:18 -

On that day the deaf will hear words of a book,

And out of [fn]darkness and thick darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:5 -

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,

And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:18 -

Hear, you deaf!

And look, you blind, that you may see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 -

Who is blind but My servant,

Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send?

Who is so blind as he that is [fn]at peace with Me,

Or so blind as the servant of Yahweh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8 -

Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes,

And the deaf, even though they have ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - Behold, all his companions will be put to shame. The craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them be in dread, let them together be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 -

“What profit is the graven image when its maker has engraved it,

Or a molten image, a teacher of [fn]lies?

For its maker trusts in his own making

When he fashions speechless idols.

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